How writing about nineteenth-century cities changed my mind
More pro-planning, less fussed about privatisation, more pro-monopolies
Random Digest: February 7, 2026
10 hand-picked articles from our collection
This digest was algorithmically curated to spark serendipity and encourage intellectual wandering. Each article was chosen at random from our recent collection, creating unexpected connections and delightful discoveries across diverse topics and perspectives.
Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Podcast links: advice for living
Fridays are all about podcast links here at Abnormal Returns. You can also check out last week’s links including a look at...
Arming Ourselves Isn’t the Answer to Rising Authoritarianism
Expanding gun ownership in response to ICE’s horrific violence is not a path toward safety or liberation, argues epidemiologist Rachel Hoopsick. It is a path to more death, more political weakness, an
Solar farms can be havens for rare plants. Just ask the threecorner milkvetch.
The Mojave Desert species is thriving at a solar farm near Las Vegas, perhaps because the panels slow evaporation.
Extreme Inequality Presages The Revolt Against It
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this is your organisation on drugs
accounting hallucinations revisited
Climate change and La Niña made ‘devastating’ southern African floods more intense
“Exceptionally heavy” rainfall that led to deadly flooding across southern Africa in recent weeks was... The post Climate change and La Niña made ‘devastating’ southern African floods more intense app
AI manipulation
A discussion with Sasha Brown, Seliem El-Sayed, and Canfer Akbulut
Anatomy of Extremism: What ICE Is Revealing in Minnesota
The federal persecution of immigrants and white citizens alike lays bare the unstable logic of in-group power.
The World Files for Economic Divorce from America
What you do when your (trading) partner is abusive